General Chat

Hello to you all,
Caz you are in the wars, I hope thing's get better for you love and Hugs.

Hi Joyce, sorry to hear you are sick I hope the doc can give you something to fix the problem.

Hi Ann, car's are great to have but the service alway's seem's to cost the earth, I have to put mine in and I think I may need a new exhaust.$$$$$

Mo, did you get a photo of yourself with the Babies??

Dear Jean it is pleasing to hear that Jeff is improving .I hope that Dee does well in her Exam's

Sallie I hope Jennie is on the mend, and that you are well also.

Huia, Our weather is awful very heavy falls of snow on the alps, rain for us with freezing winds I have been feeling cold for the past 4 days

I managed to go to the gym today, I took it easy but enjoyed the time.
I will say Good Bye
Love & Hugs to you all,
:-) ;-) Marie <3 <3

Morning all:o)

Just a quickie to say Caz...l do hope you are feeling better, what with Dutch and now you...what you both like!! l have just spokento Dutch and she's not at all well and she's onher own!!

Jean...your Jeff is doing so well bless him:o) Hope Debra's exams went well, what is she studying?? and hope you are ok too?

Sallie...hows Jennie?

Liver and bacon for dinns this evening, Vics favourite, but l hate prepairing it...!!

Vic's great nephew graduated yesterday from High School in California....time sure does fly, the last time we saw him was in 2007!!

Have a good day everyone and take care
love jude xx

caz, please take care of yourself, it is so easy to loose your balance when you look up and more so if you raise you hand up too.
I have learnt through experience to 1) hold on to something stable with the other hand.
Brace myself against something, so that I am not relying on just my feet/legs to keep me upright! Can look a bit strange if I am outside!

I went for my eye test on Monday, everything went ok but couldn't make up my mind which frames I wanted.

My sister will go with me tomorrow to help me decide.

Haven't mowed the lawn this week, but wait for it ....... my son did!
The grass had grown quite long, so he mowed it two days running, to give it a good finish. He has also used shears to cut all the edges. So lawn looks really good.


I was going to come here on the boards yesterday, but had low(ish) energy. So to be nice to my son, I used my time and energy to cook a roast dinner. So now we are both in a good mood.

Dutch, I hope that you feel better soon and are able to get back to Genes.

Marie, well done on getting to the gym. I haven't been for ages. But quite enjoyit when I do manage to get there. Recently I have put on a few pounds, so should be balancing my intake and activity levels a bit better. Have been trying to walk a bit more in the hope that this will help.

It is so good to hear the Jeff is doing so well. Hope that Jean is taking the opportunity to relax.

Sylvia, enjoy your visit to see your daughter and family. have you got any advice on how to sharpen your elbows? I reckon that sharpe elbows could come me jolly useful at times.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ to Mo (how are the darts coming along?), Sallie (is Alun going to any exciting steam things in the next few weeks), Betty (good to "see" a new face.). Ann (will look at your blog soon, I promise) Huia it is so good to get news from NZ. also Liz (take care of yourself) Jude and Linda.


Tess

Evening all
Sorry not been on much as I would like, but have been having problems withg gidiness. Tablets do seem to be helping, but then I spend half the evening asleep, think I am subconciously worried about lying down at night in case it starts up again.

Drs. rang to cancel the BP checks tomorrow, the nurse is ill !!!! Wanted to put it off for 2 weeks til I pointed out I have another check to be done a week Friday, so that meant the second check would be done before the first, if you get the gist !! So now I go Monday morning early and again Friday lunchtime, oh and I see the dietician on Tuesday mid morning too. Maybe I need a season ticket.

The weather has been a real April showers day here. Too cool and not very nice at all.

Have a nice evening everyone

Linda <3 :-S

wow, had a lot to read then, needed to catch up. Hope you are feeling better today Caz and have managed to stay on your feet.

Marie Hope you don't need an new exhaust, maybe it is only one part. Yes the service is expensive but I have to say I have had the car three years nearly and not had to pay out a lot so far. Although given that it is the car we just potter around town in and I don't frive it much it covered very few miles last year, and we have another car for longer trips, we ought to think about whether we need to keep it. Trouble is T's car is too big and powerful for me to drive if I should need to any time. i.e. if he hurt his leg or was ill etc.

Mo How did the darts go this week, have you said and I missed it?

Tess, no rush for you to get on the blog, it isn't going anywhere.

Huia glad Phil was awake even if not as alert as last week.

Jude, I love liver and bacon (and onions!). T is playing in a golf match at Coleford today so i ahve had the day to myself. Walked round to a friend who lost her usband in April this morning for coffee, then have been getting things ready for our trip to the Lake District. Can't move in the spare room at the moment!

Linda, sorry to hear you are still having a problem with giddiness. You need to ask Jean what the exercises are. Hope it is better soon. If you are worried about your BP does your pharmacy (Have you got a Boots near you) do BP tests? Ours does.

Jean hope Jeff is maintaining progress, still thinking of him.

Sallie, where are you? Not popped in today. :-) :-) :-)

Hello Ladies,

I haven't been able to get on GR today until now, so sorry I'm late.


I spoke to Joyce earlier on, she doesn't sound at all good. She went to the doctors this morning and she has pneumonia, he has given her pnicillin, so I hope that over the next few days she will start to improve. Jan is off for a few days now for the Bank Holiday, so will be at home with Joyce.




Huia, sorry to hear that Phil wasn't as good today as he was on your last visit, but as you say at least he was awake and talking.

Did you manage to find the information you were looking for, at the library? I hope you did.



Tess, I bet your son really enjoyed the roast dinner after working hard in the garden. The garden always looks lovely when it's done....it would save such a lot of work if could stay like that.lol!!
As far as I know, Alun hasn't got any visit's planned to Steam Train Museums.....but I bet he wishes he had.

Hope you can find some glasses frames tomorrow, that you like.....sometimes, not an easy job.




Mo. glad to hear that you enjoyed your meal out with the family. last night, but sorry that the service wasn't very good. Hope your granddaughter enjoyed her birthday.

Did you manage to take some photos of the babies?



Marie, thanks for asking about Jennie. She's been to the doctors today, and has been given two lots of antibiotics, so hopefully, she will start to feel better in a few days.
I hope you and your family are all okay.



Ann, is it this weekend that you go away? I hope that you get some good weather,




Jean, hope Jeff is continuing to improve. Still sending positive thoughts and prayers to you all.


Linda, I hope your dziziness will soon be a lot better and that all is well with all your family.


Caz, I hope you are feeling a bit better after your fall yesterday. Take care.


I think I read on one of the threads, that Sylvia is having trouble with her GR membership. I hope it will be sorted soon.


~~~~~~to Jude, Liz and Betty.


Goodnight everyone.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi all
xxx


I was unable to post for one whole day ...... I've been having a subscription "debate" with GR since last Friday.

Long story short ........ they decided to charge my credit card in US dollars for my renewal. No idea what that was in £ (didn't tell me), but it did mean that I would be paying extra when US $ were translated to Can $ by credit card company. Objected. Much to and fro'ing of emails.

Was reduced to Free Member when GR refunded my cc. Have had to re-join at the much higher "newbie" rate. Now waiting for GR to refund my cc with the difference between that and the rate they quoted me in an email on May 22!


Anyway ...... you didn't get rid of me :-D

It has proved to be a lesson for all overseas members ..... and I'm trying to make sure a) that people know about it, and b) that GR changes its current policy.

They seem to have decided that overseas members should not be charged in £ sterling, but in the currency of the country. However, they do not have all currencies available, so if your country is not among them, then you get charged in the currency of the nearest country that is included.

Hence, I was charged in US $.

Now there are several aspects to this

a) GR's currency exchange is probably set for a month or more at a time, and makes no allowance for daily or weekly ups and downs. Credit card companies, on the other hand, use the rate of the moment.

b) the credit card company translates the "wrong" currency into your currency, and this usually means that the amount in currency one (£ sterling) is much lower than it finally becomes in currency 3 (Can $).

We worked out that the rate in US $ that they charged to my credit card was close to $2 higher than what the daily rate for that day was, and also made the £ sterling amount higher that I was expecting!

c) I actually have no idea how much I was being charged in £ because they didn't tell me.

d) I was given no choice.

Anyway, I got the hump ................. and complained. Their eventual solution was to do what I've said above. The only way it could be solved at the moment is for my country of residence to be changed to UK!

But I suggested that they look into allowing people the choice to pay either in £ sterling or currency of country. They say that is being discussed


Huia, and Marie .................... you might want to double check BEFORE paying your sub in future and sort it out beforehand!



anyway, I am busy trying to catch up with what I missed yesterday ........ I could read everything, but not post. I could send pms to people with whom I had previously exchanged pms, but couldn't initiate one to let others know what was happening!


sylvia

Sylvia, that is awful. I hope they dont try it on me, unless the Aussie dollar rate is much lower (or should that be higher?) than the Kiwi dollar. You will hear me screaming from here if they try any silly business with me. I am not due to renew until December, so I hope they get things sorted before then, back to the way it was.

Huia.

Hello All, I am not sure when my fee's are due,,I usually pay by credit card and it is automatic,I will need to go back through my bank statement's.
It is still extremely cold here in OZ.

We had a good music session today I had 2 new member's and later a man rang me up and asked if he could also come to the group, actually I wasn't that keen, but I felt I couldn't say no to him, he may feel a bit overwhelmed with all these women, and decide not to come back.

My Family are all sick, Abbey and Emily are ok but Barbara ,Kathleen and Sebastian all have the flu , then today Tracie rang and said she and Jaimen also had the flue. I think I will stay away from all of them.

I must say Bye Bye as I have some sewing to do I am putting some new cover's on 2 very large cushions for a lounge.
Stay well , Love to Cas, Joyce, Jean, Linda, Sallie ,Sylvia, Ann. Jude, Liz, Huia and last but not least MO <3 :-)
Marie

Marie, If you go into your account it should tell you when you are due to renew.

Good evening everyone.
I am having problems with this site again, I know there are lots of us suffering with this so if I dissappear, it will be because I have been thrown out again.

Huia, you are so good, going into town to the library to do a look up for a G.R member.
What a shame Phil was not on song when you visited him. But hey ho, next time he may be different love.

Tess, it's good to have a neutral person with you when you get your glasses.
I have found that the assistants, in the opticians local to us, are really not that helpful in the choosing of frames.
Every person's face shape is different, and I wish that they would speak up and say, if the style you have chosen is not really you. I would rather they be honest with me, rather than me buying a pair that make me look like a right idiot.
Cor luv a duck, you must have put a feast on for your son,if he cut your grass two days on the trot. lol

Jude, well done to Vic's great nephew on his graduation.
Good grief we haven't had liver and bacon in years, well not since the last time I made it and you could have soled your shoes with it.

Linda I cant believe how the doctors these days, have only one nurse. Gone are the days when doctors took blood pressure themselves,and gave injections etc.
I think you are on the practises christmas card list, they see you so often, let alone giving you a season ticket.
I hope they sort the giddiness out for you very soon.

Ann are you off on holiday again this weekend, I seem to think I read someone saying you were. I can't keep up with everyones holidays, you are all going away so often, I don't know who's where and when.
I know that Liz is orft on her hols tomorrow.

Sallie, I hope the anti-biotics kick in soon for poor Jennie, she's had a bad spate just lately hasn't she, bless her.
I am waiting for my daughter to download the photo's of the babies, onto her computer and send them onto me.
I have to do it that way, as I haven't got the facilities on my lappy to do it myself. ( not that I would know how to do it ).
My grandaughter really enjoyed having most of the family attend her birthday meal.
Even at the age of 19, my daughter bought her a birthday cake, made of sweets. She had one made for her for her 18th birthday, and it was such a success that she had one again this year.
I had never seen a birthday cake made from sweets before, but the company that makes them are extremely clever.

Good on yer Sylvia, fighting for the good of others, where membership fees charges go. Well done love. I bet lots of people will be grateful to you.

Marie, I am sorry that most of your family are suffering with the flu, I hope they make a speedy recovery. But just you make sure you keep well away from them, thats one thing you don't need at the moment.
How nice that a man wanted to join your singing group. How's his voice, is it any good, and does he blend in musically with the ladies voices.

Oh and yes girls, I did have darts last night. And we won, but only just 6-5 to us. Last week we won 9-2, but that was a miracle lol.
I have got the next round of the sixes knock outs on Monday night, but there is definately no way we will win that. Not with two of our regular players on holiday, and our having to play our substitutes,against the team who are top of the league in everything last season.
But I do enjoy my Thursday night darts, we have such a laugh, we are all idiots together,and thats what I enjoy.

Well my friends, I must send my love and best wishes to our Jean and Jeff, Caz and Joyce.

Take care girls. Love Mo xxx

Hi Mo, Yes we are off on Sunday to the Lake District.

Hi Girls,

Just want to thank you all for asking about Jennie, your concern and thoughts are very much appreciated. She is feeling a bit better today and has even managed to wash her hair, so that's a good sign. Just hope that she will continue that way now.



Ann, I hope I'm not too late, I hope you and T will have a good holiday in the Lake District and that you'll have good weather.




Marie, sorry to hear that most of your family have flu, I hope that thay will all be better soon.




Mo, so pleased that your team won at darts last night. Well done to you all.

Looking forward to seeing the photos when you get them. Your granddaughter's birthday cake sounds lovely.....I'm pleased that she enjoyed having most of the family there to celebrate her birthday. Just wondering if anyone took a photo of the cake, if they have I would love to see it, if you don't mind.



Sylvia, it's nice to see you back after the trouble you had over your membership. Hopefully it's all sorted out and you won't get anymore trouble again.



Huia, you sound as though you are busy as a bee. Hope Phil will respond to you be a bit more when you visit him next. Take care.




Jude, hope you and Vic enjoyed the liver and bacon.....my mother use to make it for us when we were at home. The family loved it, but I didn't like the liver, so just ate the bacon and the onions.

Well done to Vic's nephew in America.



Linda, I hope the tablets are making the dizziness a lot better than it was. Take care.


I hope that Liz and OH will have a good holiday.


Sending love and special thoughts to Joyce, Caz, Jean and Jeff.


Well girls, I'll say goodnight to you all now. Speak to you tomorrow.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

No Sallie not too late as we don't go until Sunday.

Ann Enjoy your break, at last I have managed to get on here, I have also managed an update on cazs thread, Jeff is doing very well , and is on an ordinary ward, He just needs to get stronger so It wont be long before he is home....
hope you are all ok and thank you so much for your love and prayers,

love to you all Jean xxxx

Ann and Jean just seen your two posts.

Ann, I don't know why I thought you were going tomorrow....probably in a bit of a day dreamlol!!

Jean, wonderful news about Jeff, it will be great to have him home.
Hope you, Debra and Steven are now able to relax a bit more. Take care.


Love, Sallie.xxx

23 hours with no posts added on here! What have you all been up to, spring cleaning? Or gone out for the day. I will probably be going out again today. Hello - goodbye, see you later I hope.

Huia.

I will say cheerio now and speak to you in a weeks time. If I can find internet access it may be sooner, hope you all have a good week. Jean I shall continue to think about Jeff and will him to complete recovery.

Hi all
xxx


Ann .... have a lovely break, and safe trip
xxx


Sallie ............. glad to hear that Jennie is improving


Jean .... great to hear that Jeff is improving enough to be moved on to an ordinary ward.



We are going to the cabin next Thursday for 4 or 5 days ............. to open up, and see what state it is in.

We are going to buy a new generator, we really do need it to pump water up from the creek, and OH feels more comfortable buying than renting. You never know how a rented one has been treated. He's already talked to the store up there, and they have a new generator for us, but will also watch to see if a second hand one becomes available (as a trade-in).


I should be back on the boards on the following Tuesday (June 21)


Then it is only about 2½ weeks before we leave for back east to see M&J, attend a confernece, and come home on the train!


Take care everyone



sylvia
xxx

Hello Girls,

Just a quickie, hope all is well with you and your families.

Ann, hope your holiday goes well next week, and that you'll get some good weather, too. Oh how I envy you and T going to the Lake District, all our family love it there. Jennie and Michael went there for five days after they got married.

Love, Sallie.xxx